tingjunkie wrote:*UPDATE* Mystery solved. I've been playing around with some shu lately, and the pot handles it admirably. Rounding the muddy flavors and preserving the good ones. As long as the experiments continue to provide good results, I think it's as good as dedicated.

Nice Tingjunkie! "Rounding the muddy flavors and preserving the good ones..." That's a keeper for Shu

TokyoB wrote:gingko - can you tell if any of the "little rabbit" teapot makers also use a chop with the image of a rabbit like shown in the photo? thanks.

I have no idea. I guess none of the "little rabbit" people is currently famous (but there are also many famous people that I have no knowledge of). I am not exactly sure if the little rabbit is the name. But if it is, let's hope this little rabbit makes more teapots and get famous in future

- Clay type: zhu ni, High fired?- Size of pot: 120 ml- What year/decade: 80s?- medium thick walls- long'ish pour- single hole- Where you acquired the pot: SE Asia - local shop- What type of tea you make with it: Taiwan gaoshan cha- recent acquisition so need to experiment with it more to determine unique qualities- the pot is not as red as the photos - the JPEG photos (posted) are more saturated than the RAW photos which seem to be more accurate in terms of color.

Note that this teapot has some imperfections in the workmanship which I tried to highlight in some of the photos. Not sure what this implies about date/place of manufacture. Any thoughts on date/clay type are appreciated. This pot seems like a natural for gaoshan cha - any thoughts of what else it could be considered for? Thanks!!

Clay: Hei Ni. High fired.Size: 120 mlAge/Year: 2007 Walls: MediumSource: Purchased from the artistTea Pairing: I use it for my very high-end Lishan Gaoshan

Info: I am sitting here waiting for my customers to finish their tour and thought I'd post another teapot photo. I know a lot of people may think it's too cutsey, but I like this pot a lot. It is of very high quality. It was made for the year of the pig and since I'm a pig, I had to have it. In China the Zodiac is very important, so you can find all sorts of Teaware in the 12 animal shapes.

IPT wrote: In China the Zodiac is very important, so you can find all sorts of Teaware in the 12 animal shapes.

Funny you should mention that... I have two pet rats, and just recently I saw a fantastic porcelain guinomi/sake cup on ebay with a rat painted on it. I wanted it desperately, but the bidding went up to $66! It's now my teaware mission to find more of them (for less money).